As a reminder, the BOINC thread above lists the latest news regarding BOINC and the shutdown of Seti@home Classic. This update contains very important information about the shutdown of Classic.

The Classic shutdown has been delayed for probably a year or so, but this time it really seems like it'll happen this time. As of December 15 of this year, no more workunits will sent out for Seti@home Classic. This is posted on the (new) Seti@home site. On the Classic site it says this:

"On December 15, 2005, after 6 years of operation, this project will shut down. But SETI@home is not going away. We're alive and well and running on the BOINC distributed computing platform. It's easy to switch over - just follow the instructions on the new SETI@home web site. We hope to see everyone there!

At the time of shutdown, the stats for this project will be frozen but will continue to be available on the web.

Thanks to all original SETI@home participants for their tremendous dedication to the project. You made SETI@home into something of lasting significance."

Check out the Boinc thread for more details.

i just dont like this new boinc thing, seti at home was so good before.. not sure if i want to switch over.

ya it's official now, just got an email from them.

"We'll be shutting down the "SETI@home Classic" project on December 15. The workunit totals of users and teams will be frozen at that point, and the final totals will be available on the web."